Lahore, Dec. 11 : The chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the political wing of the banned militant organization, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has said that he will approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to arbitrate on the imposition of sanctions on the outfit by the United Nations Security Council.

Addressing a telephonic press conference here on Thursday, Hafiz Saeed sought to put up a defiant stance, claiming that it was concerned by the international clampdown and would contact the UN to clear its position.

Islamabad, Dec. 11 : US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has arrived in the Pakistan capital, and is expected to discuss the latest situation on ground vis-a-vis relations between Pakistan and India, especially in the context of last month's terror attacks in Mumbai.

According to Geo News, Negroponte will hold discussions with President Asif Ali Zardari and other top Pakistani officials.

New York, Dec. 11 : Pakistan''s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon has charged a United Nations Security Council committee with failure to contact the Pakistani mission before going ahead with the imposition of sanctions on three Pakistani citizens, labelled as terrorists and organizations allegedly linked to militant activities.

Haroon told GEO News that UN's committee had reviewed many names even before he assumed ambassadorship.

Pakistan, he said, would abide by committee's decisions, he said, but under protest. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has reportedly banned the political wing of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

United Nations, Dec 11: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has reportedly banned the political wing of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT), the Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

The Security Council has also declared it a terrorist organization.

A committee of the UN Security Council placed financial sanctions on four members of the LeT, as well as the charitable organization that Indian and U. S. officials say serves as the Lashkar''s financial front, according to the U. N.

The four members are Hafiz Saeed, the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba; Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, its chief of operations; and two finance officials, Haji Mohammad Ashraf and Mahmoud Ahmed Bahaziq.

United Nations, Dec. 11: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has accepted an honorary United Nations prize conferred on his slain mother and former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The 2008 United Nations Human Rights award was given to Bhutto for her services to poor human beings and in recognition of her courageous struggle for restoring democracy in Pakistan, The News reports.

Benazir Bhutto was among seven international personalities who were conferred with the honour this year.

Washington, Dec. 11 : The White House has said that it hoped Pakistan would `shift' to a tougher approach towards the Lashkar-e-Toiba, the group considered the prime suspect in perpetrating last month's terror attacks in Mumbai.

"What we are looking is to see if there''s going to be a shift in Pakistan as to how they deal with LeT. If it proves out, over time, that there is that shift, then that would be a good one, and something that we would welcome, but it''s just too early for us to say," the Dawn quoted White House spokesperson Dan Perino, as saying.

Perino''s comments came after Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said law enforcement and army authorities had arrested two senior members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).